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A History of the County of Stafford
… Rocks and near Newstone Farm. A shallow basin of the Coal Measures overlies the rock in the Blue Hills area along … takes its name from the colouring of watercourses by coal deposits, which were mined by the early 15th century. 95 … In 1401 Richard Strongarme took a year's lease of two coal mines and a forge at Back brook and Thomas Smyth a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… on limestone, and parts of Heathylee and Quarnford are on Coal Measures. Stone is the usual local building material. … women and girls in the locality to make the buttons. Coal deposits were worked in Heathylee by the early 15th …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Turn Edge, Wolf Edge, and Drystone Edge. There are shallow Coal Measures in the north-west corner of the township and at … by Black brook. 91 A house there occupied in 1634 by a coal prospector 92 almost certainly stood on the site of … road which ran west from Flash Bar to Knotbury and then to coal pits on the Cheshire side of the Dane. 6 A tollgate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the surface is varied; the substratum abounds with coal of good quality, and several mines are in operation. The … of the Coquet. There are valuable and extensive mines of coal in the township, the produce of which is exported to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… porter were resident in 1881, and the railway attracted coal, coke, and salt dealers. In the earlier 20th century … RG 11/1514; Kelly's Dir. Oxon. (1883 and later edns). A coal merchant listed from 1920 was at the station (in Black …
A History of the County of Warwick
… poor and in the distribution of clothing, bedding, food, coal, or money. The endowment now produces an annual income …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… women, who each receive about 20 per year, with bedding, coal, &c. The union of Ampthill comprises 19 parishes or … the supply of the neighbouring districts; freestone and coal are likewise wrought in considerable quantities. The … at an early period; it comprises about 800 acres, and has coal-mines, and good stone-quarries. The tithes have been …
History Theses 1901-1970
… 1963. Mechanisation in British and American bituminous coal mines, 18901939. C.A. Pauli. London M.Phil. 1968. …